Accounting & audit
Financial and management accounting, audit, and internal control.
Sectors
Finance and professional hires who fit the room
In professional services the technical qualification is usually the easy part. We screen for the judgement, client-handling, and cultural fit that decide whether a hire actually lasts.
Roles we place in finance and professional services
Newly qualified through to leadership, permanent and interim.
Banking & capital markets
Front, middle, and back office across retail and institutional.
Risk & compliance
Regulatory compliance, financial crime, and enterprise risk.
Legal
In-house counsel and private practice across commercial disciplines.
Consulting & advisory
Strategy, transformation, and management consulting.
Finance leadership
Financial controllers, finance directors, and CFOs.
- 2,400+
- Placements made
- 92%
- Retention at 12 months
- 21 days
- Average time to hire
- 4.8
- Average client rating
Related success stories
Assignments we have delivered in this sector and neighbouring ones.
Scaling an engineering team from 12 to 40
Twenty-eight engineering hires in nine months after eighteen months of stalled recruitment, with retention holding at 96%.
- Backend Engineer
- Frontend Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Engineering Manager
Closing a clinical rota gap in three weeks
Filling a persistent nursing shortfall across four sites, cutting agency spend by a third while improving shift fill.
- Registered Nurse
- Theatre Practitioner
- Healthcare Assistant
- Ward Manager
How we work
How an assignment runs
Transparent from the first briefing call through to offer and aftercare.
01
Brief
We agree the must-haves, the realistic market rate, and what success looks like at twelve months.
02
Calibrate
A first small batch of profiles confirms we have read the brief the way you meant it.
03
Search
Direct approach into passive talent, not just the people already answering adverts.
04
Screen
Competency and motivation screening against the brief, with written notes on every candidate.
Frequently asked questions
What clients in finance & professional services ask us most often.
Still have questions?
Talk to a consultantCan you supply interim finance cover?
Yes. Interim controllers, project accountants, and year-end support are common requests, and we can usually present qualified interim candidates within a few days.
Do you handle confidential replacements?
Frequently. Replacing a finance lead who is still in post is run as a confidential search — your identity is disclosed only at a stage you choose.
How do you assess candidates beyond the qualification?
Competency interviewing against your scorecard, plus structured referencing that asks about judgement and stakeholder handling rather than confirming dates of employment.
Recruiting in finance or professional services?
Tell us what the role has to deliver in its first year and we will screen against that.